2D Magnets and HeterostructuresSince the discovery of graphene, the family of two-dimensional (2D) materials has grown to encompass a broad range of electronic properties. However, until recently 2D crystals with intrinsic magnetism were still lacking. Such crystals would enable new ways to study 2D magnetism by harnessing the unique features of atomically-thin materials, ...

SUMMER AT CERNZachary Kurland is a graduating physics student at Sonoma State University. In the summer of 2017, he was awarded the NSF-IRES award to perform research at CERN on the ATLAS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland for eight weeks. He will be discussing his research, how he ...

When: 4:00 PMWhere: Rohnert ParkCost: Free

Cosmic Collisions Reveal Einstein's Gravitational-Wave UniverseFor the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos. Gravitational waves carry ...